... Or do we just want to go the CFP and not deal with the extra game? Just curious on people's opinion on this. I think there's a path to the SEC championship game if we win the rest of our games. I think Kentucky's schedule is too hard for them to get to the SEC championship. Bama could lose another game, I wouldn't completely rule out Auburn beating them. Georgia is playing great right now but they have a tough 3 games as well to end the season. Thoughts?

Best not to be in it and to get a home game first. Only one team has survived the BYE since it was introduced.

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I think most people would say no because winning your conference has lost its luster in the expanded CFP era. Gone are the days of the mid to late 2010s where Oklahoma and Clemson were winning their league championship games every season and being proud of that. In this current state of college football it’s all about the playoffs.

So to answer your question I would say no. It’s like both basketballs, baseball, softball, and indoor volleyball now. No one will care who won the conference years from now. All that matters nowadays is making and winning the CFP.

No the the CCG for a national title contender.

But if the ceiling is quarter finals, I'd take winning one of the last SEC championships before the game is gone.

And if winning out means CCG and dropping a game means trusting 9-3 to get in the playoffs, the choice is obvious.